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Fishtoft

Fishtoft is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 1,085. There are 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Boston, 4.3 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Fishtoft area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Boston area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 70,502 residents at roughly 194 people per km².

Council
Boston
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Boston and Skegness
Police force
Lincolnshire
39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 226th of 294 English council areas — better than 23% of them.

Low crime43
Home affordability72
Affordable rents63
Good schools12
Life expectancy29
Low deprivation12
Employment19
Low council tax79

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:21

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

8 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

  • Other theft3
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Boston Rural East · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Operation MUNDO – a response to an increase in violent crime in Boston.
  • Reducing theft from motor vehicles: We’ve had a spike in the number of theft from motor vehicles in our area.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

178 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 25.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

48 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Boston (4.3 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Boston (4.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£180,174 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Boston · to 2026-08

Detached£246,209
Semi-detached£162,340
Terraced£125,675
Flat£74,317

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£806 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £605
  • 2 bed £764
  • 3 bed £923

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

815 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (4.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Public points (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

70,502 residents in Boston · 194/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,880
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,624
  • Net moves+256

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,309 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 31,980)

A £1,539
B £1,796
C £2,052
D £2,309
E £2,822
F £3,335
G £3,848
H £4,617

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

31 schools · 10,176 pupils

18 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 7 of 9 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

26 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Giles AcademyGood
  • The Boston Grammar SchoolGood
  • Haven High AcademyInadequate
  • Boston High School
  • Thomas Middlecott Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Boston

Care & health services

710 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes284
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists126
  • Homecare agencies128
  • Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

80 applications decided

93.8% granted · 75 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Richard Tice

Reform UK

Boston and Skegness

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Conservative coalition

  • Con 4
  • LD 1
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 24

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £39,968 avg

e.g. Renal Nurse Manager, Housekeeper, Staff Nurse

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£609 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,205 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 37,833 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 34% · Gas 12% · Imports 5%

90 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in PE21

  • Liquorpond Surgery
  • Parkside Medical Centre
  • Greyfriars Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Fishtoft · 0.1 km

    Fishtoft is a village and suburb of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This par…

  • Pilgrim Fathers Memorial · 2.1 km

    The Pilgrim Fathers Memorial is located on the north bank of The Haven at the site of the former Scotia Creek, Fishtoft, seaward of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, and consists of a small granite obelisk mounted on a…

  • Boston Rural District · 2.1 km

    Boston was a rural district in Holland, Lincolnshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed from the Boston rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894 and did not include the municipal borough of Boston. The…

  • Freiston · 2.2 km

    Freiston is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,306. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) east from Boston. The Greenwich Prime Zero…

  • Freiston Priory · 2.2 km

    Freiston Priory was a Benedictine cell of Crowland Abbey founded in 1114, and became a priory soon afterwards. It was Dissolved in 1539 and was located in Freiston, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Endeavour FM · 2.2 km

    Endeavour FM is a local community radio station covering the area of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. Previously the station had been called Endeavour Online and Stump Radio, set up as a collaboration between Blackfri…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Fishtoft?
Fishtoft is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the Boston local authority.
What is the population of Fishtoft?
Fishtoft has an approximate settlement population of 1,085.
How deprived is Fishtoft?
The Boston local authority, which includes Fishtoft, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.